ThreatViewer Covers the Bases for All-Star Game Security

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – As thousands gathered for Major League Baseball’s All-Star game in Pittsburgh, a new technology was deployed that allowed security personnel to see in all directions at once. ThreatViewer, a security technology for critical asset protection and remote monitoring, was selected by InterTECH Security LLC, security consultant and systems integrator for the Pittsburgh Pirates, to enhance security surrounding All-Star week events and monitor critical infrastructure in Pittsburgh.

“These events aren’t just about baseball. Public safety and infrastructure protection were major considerations for the event’s organizers and for public and private-sector security personnel. With its panoramic visual capabilities and flexibility, ThreatViewer is a significant addition to the security mix,” said Chris Wetzel, chief operating officer of InterTECH Security LLC.

During All-Star week events, ThreatViewer was deployed in fixed locations for infrastructure security, utilizing wireless communications to transmit images to security personnel.

“ThreatViewer enabled security personnel at All-Star week events to see in all directions at once from a single position. Typically, multiple cameras are utilized to monitor a location, each providing images within a narrow line of sight. ThreatViewer provides 360-degree, panoramic images from a single position,” said Patrick Esposito II, president and chief operating officer of Augusta Systems Inc., the developer of ThreatViewer.

Esposito noted that ThreatViewer’s flexibility is an important advantage. “ThreatViewer can be utilized in fixed locations or deployed for temporary security purposes. It can be integrated with existing systems or used on a stand-alone basis. ThreatViewer can be completely wireless or hardwired,” he said.

ThreatViewer relies on commercial technologies from Augusta Systems, including the company’s SensorBridge software for rapid development of sensor-based systems, as well as EyeSee360, Inc., a leading provider of panoramic imaging optics and software.

About ThreatViewer:
ThreatViewer is an Augusta Systems security product for critical asset protection and beyond line-of-sight monitoring. ThreatViewer is powered by Augusta Systems’ enabling technologies, including SensorBridge, a sensor-based toolset, featuring design-time and run-time components, which allows developers and engineers to rapidly develop and deploy diverse sensor-based applications. It features the company’s sensor processing system that enables at-point processing and long-range wireless communications, as well as panoramic imaging technologies developed by EyeSee360, Inc.

About Augusta Systems:
Augusta Systems, Inc. (Augusta Systems™) provides sensor system technologies. These sensor enabling technologies assist business, industry and government with managing the data overload resulting from wide-scale sensor deployments for security, asset tracking and monitoring. The company’s flagship technology is SensorBridge™, a development platform for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 featuring authoring tools and run-time components, that enables rapid integration of diverse sensor data into existing systems, streamlined development of new sensor systems and applications, and flexible management of sensor systems and networks. Other products include sensor processing and aggregation technologies. These technologies enable sensors and sensor networks, wireless sensors and wireless sensor networks, RFID systems, IPv6 and netcentric systems, physical/IT security convergence and more.

About EyeSee360, Inc.:
EyeSee360, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based, spin-off of Carnegie Mellon University, provides market leading technologies for single-shot panoramic imaging through their 360 One VR, PhotoWarp, and VideoWarp products. For more information, please visit www.eyesee360.com.

About InterTECH Security, LLC:
InterTECH offers unique solutions to integrating all aspects of an organization's security needs. InterTECH's client list includes Fortune 500 companies, utility companies, professional sports venues, pharmaceutical companies, public transportation authorities, and other government agencies. InterTECH's staff provides expertise from concept, to design, to installation by working collaboratively with clients and equipment manufacturers. For more information, please visit www.intertechsecurity.com.